Denied COVID economic relief, N.Y.-based immigrant and excluded workers plan hunger strike
March 15, 2021 |
Advocacy organizations and state lawmakers have been urging the state to create a COVID relief fund for undocumented workers and others excluded from federal aid since the start of the pandemic.
The majority, 54%, of New York City residents working in essential jobs during the pandemic are immigrants, according to the Fiscal Policy Institute.
Read: “Denied COVID economic relief, N.Y.-based immigrant and excluded workers plan hunger strike” NY Daily News
Denied COVID economic relief, N.Y.-based immigrant and excluded workers plan hunger strike
March 15, 2021 |
Advocacy organizations and state lawmakers have been urging the state to create a COVID relief fund for undocumented workers and others excluded from federal aid since the start of the pandemic.
The majority, 54%, of New York City residents working in essential jobs during the pandemic are immigrants, according to the Fiscal Policy Institute.
Read: “Denied COVID economic relief, N.Y.-based immigrant and excluded workers plan hunger strike” NY Daily News